Pop Culture References on Argus

Argus is a planet filled with deep sadness and epic questlines--but there are also many fun pop culture references! TradeChat explains all the hidden references in Argus in her latest video. If you want to learn more about any reference, check out her written article and compiled links below!\r\r\r\rPatch 7.3 would be nothing if not for Argus, so kicking off the video with the possible inspirations for the planet\u2019s namesake seems appropriate.\r \rBased on the many Star Trek references peppered throughout WoW, it\u2019s clear someone at Blizzard is a fan of the series. Patch 7.3 is no exception, with the name of the planet Argus possibly drawing inspiration from it...\rArgus X was an uninhabited planet in the Star Trek universe which was mentioned in the Original Series episode titled \u201cObsession.\u201d\r\rIn addition to the planet, Argus X, Star Trek also used the planet\u2019s moniker in the Next Generation episode titled \u201cThe Nth Degree.\u201d This time, it is used in the name of a subspace telescope called the \u201cArgus Array.\u201d \r\rSurprisingly, the Argus Array is located at the edge of Federation Space, three light years from the Cardassian territory and not in the Argus Sector of space. \r\rPerhaps it wasn\u2019t Star Trek that was the inspiration for the planet\u2019s name, Argus. Maybe instead it was DC Universe\u2019s federal agency, the Advanced Research Group Uniting Superhumans...or ARGUS for short. I mean, it could be argued our being on Argus is a matter of homeland security!\r\rOr the name \u201cArgus\u201d could be paying homage to one of the many video games which prominently featured it. Like, the Armed Guardian Services in Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell. Or maybe Argus, king of Edenia in Mortal Kombat Armageddon...or the 1986 Nintendo Famicom shoot\u2019em up game titled Argus. \r\rIt could be any these things...or maybe Argus is just a really cool word and the aforementioned examples are irrelevant. Let\u2019s leave this one alone and move onto some more cut and dry pop culture nods in 7.3. \r\rСилгрин on the Vindicaar makes a less than subtle nod to One Punch Man when he says: \u201cI do hope that Arluelle is keeping up her lessons. I gave her a small list of exercises to do everyday. Interested? It's quite simple. One hundred push ups. One hundred sit ups. One hundred squats. A ten thousand, nine hundred thirty-six yard run."\r\r\rThe achievement, Это Зал Войны! is very likely a nod to the iconic quote from Stanley Kubrick\u2019s Dr. Strangelove.\r\r\rThe achievement, Не злись понапрасну was likely named by a 90s hip hop fan, since it shares a name with the 1992\u2019s chart topping single & album by Eric B & Rakim . \r\r\r\rWe interrupt your regular broadcast for rapid fire Dadghar jokes:\rСпасение пророка\rУже не тайная операция\rОхотник на червей\rМилые песики\rВойна порталов\r\rThe achievement, Помни о титанах shares its name with the award winning Denzel Washington film:\r\r\r \rКристальные методы is a quest in Krokuun, and also the name of an American electronic music duo. The Crystal Method has put out 5 studio albums and appeared on dozens of video game and movie soundtracks during their nearly 25 year career.\r\rTerminus is a massive port for Legion ships in the Antoran Wastes on Argus\u2026it\u2019s also the name of an apparent safehaven in the Walking Dead universe, as well an achievement in Halo 4, a super-villain in the Marvel universe, in addition to many other video games, literary works, and even a Roman god. To be honest, this may be another Argus situation...unsure if cool reference or just cool word.... \r\r\r\rКто спустил собак? is an obvious reference to turn of the millenia earworm by the Baha Men: \r\r\rКазадуум, первый в своем роде is a quest on Mac\u2019Aree and also a Lord of the Rings reference to Khazas-dum, the underground mine also called Moria, in Middle Earth.\r\rThe next few references are more like referenception. They are Warcraft references in Warcraft. \rФизл Кексовор in Mac\u2019Aree is named after Jeremey Feasel, of the WoW team, better known as Muffinus.\rThe Shrine of the Great Warrior in the Krokul Lore Museum is referencing Broxigar, the only mortal to ever have wounded the titan, Sargeras. \rAfter years and years of being told \u201cYou are NOT prepared\u201d 7.3 brought us the achievement Теперь вы готовы! ...feelsgoodman.\r\r\rAnd to finish up the video, last but certainly not least, my favorite pop culture easter egg, or rather, easter eggS plural, in 7.3 is the quest chain\u2026.\t\rМы пришли сюда, чтобы делать две вещи...\rУбивать демонов...\r...и жевать булочки из маны\rИ у нас закончились булочки из маны...\r\rThis seems like an obvious Duke Nukem reference, but as wowhead user Kennox points out, it is actually a reference to the 1988 movie titled They Live. \r\r\r\rAnd that\u2019s it for my list of 7.3 pop culture references. Which one was your favorite? Did you catch one that I missed? Let me know in the comment section below!\r\rArticle written by TradeChat and reposted by Wowhead

Комментарий от Menelvagor

Комментарий от Gearkulaas

don't forget the world quest on mac'aree where you fight general z'hod

Комментарий от SPF18

on 2017-09-22T01:01:53-05:00

You missed Blademaster Telaamon, which is a reference to Lews Therin Telamon from the Wheel of Time series.

Комментарий от Drahken

on 2017-09-22T01:35:48-05:00

I mean, ALL of those things named Argus are referring back to Greek mythology in the end. There were several figures named Argus, but the most prominent was Argus, the king of Argos (where the Argonauts were from), who was a son of Zeus.

Комментарий от atreidespl

on 2017-09-22T01:37:06-05:00

"Khazaduum, First of His Name" is apparent reference to Game of Thrones nomenclature :-)

Комментарий от Tzen003

on 2017-09-22T01:59:10-05:00

I noticed one of the new Draenei lines is "I am one with the Light, the Light is with me".

Комментарий от Ephyste

on 2017-09-22T02:11:49-05:00

I loved the They Lived reference & was really excited about it when I first saw it. I enjoyed the LotR reference as well. (I had a laugh when I saw Khazaduum & recognized it)

Комментарий от Alphageek

on 2017-09-22T02:28:32-05:00

don't forget the world quest on mac'aree where you fight general z'hod\r\rI found the general before the WQ was available..... I kneeled. :)

Комментарий от CalaelenDT

on 2017-09-22T02:47:22-05:00

Typo in the Khazaduum reference, Khazad-dum is the name of the mines of Moria, not Khazas-dum.

Комментарий от Winfree

on 2017-09-22T03:38:51-05:00

don't forget the world quest on mac'aree where you fight general z'hod\r\rI found the general before the WQ was available..... I kneeled. :)\r\rWonder how many knew it as a superman reference. :D

Комментарий от MarkOfAntares

on 2017-09-22T07:00:57-05:00

The last one was also a dream sequence in King-Fu Panda

Комментарий от Faoil

on 2017-09-22T07:19:13-05:00

I always thought Argus was derived from the man in Greek mythology who built the Argo, the ship the Argonaughts sail on. Like the Draenei sail through space. Hence why they have sort of Greek\/Eastern European accents and why they have other semi Greek references like Admiral Odesyus (an obvious reference to Odysseus\/Ulysses from the Odyssey\/Iliad) which would be another reference to a people long travelled. Interestingly (or probably not) Odysseus dog is called Argos.\r\rIn that respect I've always kind of seen the Draenei being similar to the Greek\/Byzantine refugees fleeing their homeland being invaded by the Ottomans. Argos being a name of a city in Greece, and one of the last bastions of the Byzantine empire before the Ottomans completely invaded. I'm not saying the Ottomans were like demons, but in the eyes of the Christian kingdoms of the time they probably seemed like them.

Комментарий от Baini

on 2017-09-22T07:23:51-05:00

How about Vigilant Quoram, isn't he a reference to Q from Star Trek?

Комментарий от TytheMainTainer

on 2017-09-22T08:35:57-05:00

I wonder how long these Vevo links will last.

Комментарий от Apanthrope

on 2017-09-22T08:48:11-05:00

There's a group of mobs named "Filthy Assistant". This is a reference to the Warren Ellis comic book series "Transmetropolitan". In it, the lead character (Spider) referred to the people helping him as "filthy assistants".

Комментарий от mbboulder

on 2017-09-22T10:42:51-05:00

Argus is still lame.

Комментарий от richforce

on 2017-09-22T11:03:15-05:00

There was also a monster in greek myth named Argus. Zeus was having an affair with a princess named Io but had to turn her into a cow to keep Hera from discovering the affair. Hera took the cow and made Argus, a giant with 100 eyes guard her in a cave and even when he slept he only closed two eyes so none could get past him. Io's father wanted his daughter back and beseeched Hermes to save her, so Hermes told Argus a long and boring story till Argus into so deep a sleep he closed all his eyes and Hermes used the chance to kill him. Still Io stayed a cow until Zeus promised to break off the affair.